Max Scherzer heading north of the border rounds out a deep Blue Jays starting rotation that also features Kevin Gausman, José Berríos and Chris Bassitt.

For all the talk of a slow offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays added a future Hall of Famer to their mix late Thursday afternoon.

According to Pat Ragazzo of SI.com, the Blue Jays have signed right-hander Max Scherzer to a one-year, $15.5 million deal. “Heard things began heating up on this front after his pro day at Cressey Sports Performance last week. Toronto was the favorite and now landed the future Hall of Famer,” Ragazzo reported.

The Toronto Blue Jays have had as poor of luck as any organization in free agency in recent offseasons after narrowly falling short on numerous big-time names the last two winters.

The deal with Toronto for Scherzer, 40, is reportedly pending a physical. The three-time Cy Young winner was limited by injuries to just 43⅓ inning with the Rangers in 2024.

Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who turns 41 in July, has agreed to a one-year, $15.5 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, his fifth team in the past five seasons. MLB Network was first to report Scherzer was joining the Blue Jays.

The three-time Cy Young winner will join a rotation that includes Jose Berrios, Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt as the Blue Jays try to make it back to the postseason. In 2024, the Blue Jays pitched to a 4.29 ERA, which was among the bottom 10 teams in all of baseball, but Gausman, Berrios and Bassitt all pitched to lower ERAs than that number.

Max Scherzer is joining the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a 15.5 million, one-year contract on Thursday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced and was pending a physical.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner spent last season with the Texas Rangers, however, a shoulder injury cut his season to nine starts.

The Toronto Blue Jays have had an offseason in which they swung and miss on a bunch of top free agents. From Juan Soto to Corbin Burnes to Roki Sasaki. But the

The Toronto Blue Jays have been reportedly linked with free-agent bats over the last few weeks to strengthen the hitting order.

Max Scherzer is on his way to the Toronto Blue Jays, as reported first by Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The veteran who spent the last season and a half, alb